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White Sox Open Season in Style
You can't beat Opening Day. Yes, it gets capitalized like all the other "real" holidays. It's the end to that long winter cooped up hiding from the dreary Chicago weather, the only day of the year when every team is a contender, when there is hope for even the hopeless. More than anything else, to...
Saturday Rockpile: Attitude change in '09, Opening Day optimism, Examination of the Hammel trade, more
The Denver Post's Dave Krieger goes in depth on the Rockies' change of attitude to start this season. While it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that the lowered expectations have helped ease the team, there's still something to be said about the way the guys have bounced back thus far....
Things Are Better Than They Seem
Yes, Wang is out at least 10 weeks. But- In June, the Yanks are averaging 5.38 runs per game. Compared to 4.31 in April and 4.43 in May. The pitching has actually been better than last year (on average). 2007's starters pitched a 4.57 ERA with a 1.43 WHIP. 2008's starters have been a...
Monday Morning Rockpile:
Okay, as many of you may be aware, we had a bit of a discussion late into the night about some of the excessively negative vibes certain players on the team are getting from users of the blog. I want to re-emphasize that one of Purple Row's guiding principles (and one of our rules, I might add) is...
Optimistically Defying Logic
"Quite simply captain, I examined the problem from all angles, and it was plainly hopeless. Logic informed me that under the circumstances, the only logical action would have to be one of desperation. Logical decision, logically arrived at." -- Mr. Spock, Star Trek I am excited for today's game....
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